Fountain-pen.



E. R` SMITH.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1910.

1,019,196. atented- Mar. 5, 1912.

f 1 i? J Z7 25 Witnesses Atto'rneys Inventor 'To all whomz' concern.'

FOUNTAINTPEN.

1 ,3e it known that I, EDWIN R. SMITH, a citizen' of the United States, residing at `Paris,in qthe county of7 Lamar and State of Texas,l have invented la ne'wand useful Fountain-Pen, of which 'thefollowing is a specification. -1 l Itis the' object of `this invention to pro'- vide a fountainpen, the contents of which niayreadily be fed manually, to the ink- 'applying portion of thepen.

. another object of they invention is to`v provide a novel means for manipulating the conipressible reservoir in a fountain pen. The drawings' show typical embodiments merely, andit isA tobe understood 'that changes, properly` falling within the scope of what vis claimed maybe made, without .departing from thel spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,.- .Fig'ure 1 shows the inventionin side elevation, a portion. thereof ,being broken away; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, parts being shown in elevation; Fig. 3 .is a fragmental top .plan showingthe feed tube flexed to one side, and positioned tofill the reservoir; Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section, showing the posit-ions which certain of the parts ofthe device will assume when the. reservoir is compressed prior to sucking the v-inlt into the saine; Fig.

5 is an elevation of the device whereby theV nibs of the pen are connected; Fig. 6 is a. detail perspective 4of the feed controlling rod; and Fig. 7 .is a perspective of the supplytube. v v v `Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings for a general description of the device, it will be seen that the same comprises a handle, including a tubular body-1, to the end of which va ferrule 2 is secured.. An ink-applyingelement 3 is inserted into the ferriile 2 the ink-applying element being supplied by means of a feed tube 4 communicating .with areservoir 6 located within the .tubularbody 1, thereservoir being adapted to be compressed, to force the in k through the feed tube 4, by means of a spring plate 5. A

compression device is provided, the same rotruding through oneend of the tubular ody l. This compression device` .n iay be 4manipulated to compressv the reservoir 6 to force the -air out of the same, wliereby,.when` thel reservoirv is released, the ink may be .drawn into the-saine, through the feed tube 4. The linit-applyingy element. may be of any form; in thepresent instance it is de- Specaton of Letters' Patent. Application flied May 19, i910. seriaiivo. 562,228. j

it is obvious that another,formqofy ink .ing element may be inserted 1nto,tb e handle `of the part 2l, wliereby', tlie',co prv Patented Man 5:51912.

monli' Sed by mechanical'diafismeiiabut' so .that the device 'may be', ,employed,,AAF writing pen of the ordinarysoifftl;A4 .f

In a more detailed`description,. v1 1 ring generally to allthe figures of; h ings, it will be seenthat. vthen-in plying element 3v consists-of 4asliafnk .8 ,threaded upon its outer face, as denh,ted the ynun-L. ineral 9. Fashioned integrallyfyfvwith the Y 10 'finden Lipper nib manner, is :a lower niby `11.- The end of thefshanlnS-is beveled as denoted by` the numeral 12,-'the end; of .the tubular body 1 being correspondingly beveled,l l.

to receive the beveled end.,ofthetubular body 1. The ferrule 2 is threaded uponthe body 1, and adapted to engage the threaded portion 9 of the sli-ank 8. Rotat,z il:l.},1"mount- A ed upon'the threaded portion 9,fot".theA

shank, is a nut 14, adaptedsjtdbe lbrought m10 engagement with the; lend' qfdlheffp rule 2.

. The spring plate 5is forked at as shown at l5, vto engagea set-screw 1 6, the

`latter' being threaded into the. upper. nib'11.

The intermediate portion of [the spring plate 5 is yarched away from the bodypon tion of thepen, as. at 1 7, the freelendlofg the spring plate being extended through an -opening 18 in thebodyl, 'andadapted as seen most clearly in'Figl-Q, to bearQi'ip'on the eompressible reservoir 6,"thesamebeing preferably fashioned from rubber.

Located within the tubular body extended longitudinally of -'the saine',VH is .la compression member. 20, 'the extremity," 21;,of which is extendedv throughth'ewopeni in the end'of the tubular body l1, the"re" aknob 23 or the like'uponthe. exlpio sfe l member may be drawnto and 'fro-, longitudinally, within the tubular bodygl'of the, peil.

pivoted at 25,'to-the interinediatejportion of the compression member 20,' theleven'beingpivoted intermediate it's'feiidaasfat Q6, vto the tubular body 1 of themen., ;'Ther, is; a

A lever 24 isprovided, one'end `off.iilii'cli lisv longitudinally extended Opening V27,. in` the 1 ;4

body l, in which the lever isV adaptedlto niove,tlie free extremityiofthe lever being prolonged beyond the pivotalfmounting' 26 so that, as denoted by' the'numeral'jit may outstand beyond'- the.I contouroff one end of the Q.. y l 1,019,196

be described in detail hereinafter'. The end of the portion 2S of the lever is beveled, as f at 29, and the body l is similarly beveled adjacent the end of the opening 2T therein. These beveled portions ofthe lever andthe body co-act to dispose the leverin such a position that it may serve as a Closure for the opening 27` in which it is mounted.

'In theshank 8 i ment, there is an axial opening, into which feed tube 4 is inserted. This feed tubev 4 extends outwardly from.` the handle portionof 'the pen, to af point ad;v jacent the ends ofthe nibs 10 and'll. A Slid# ably' mounted in the feed tube 4 is a feed controlling device, the same being shown'fin the form of a-rod 80,y provided at its `outer 4. Upon the inner end of the' rod end with a rounded heald 3l, adapted to fit in the cup shaped mouth of the feed tube 30, there is a transversely disposed fla-t head 32, conformin approximately tothe bore of the feed vtu e 4. The feed tube 4 isa resilient structure, and the rod 30 is likewise resilient. p

The nibs 10 and 11 are preferably resilient, so that, When uncontrolled', they tend to `spring apart. A screw 34V is passed through the nibs 10 and ll, the screw being 'threaded into the nib l0, and slidable in the nib 1l. As disclosed most clearly in Fig. 5, the end 35 of the 'scren7 34 is flattened to -fit between the arms 36 depending from a circular head 37. Ears 4l upst'and from the upper face of the head `37, the head being lows. The compressible notched in one ede as denoted b Y the nu moral 40, as seen most clearly in Fig. 3. The fiat portion 35 of the screv.T extends upwardly, throughl the head 37 ,and is pivotally held between the ears 41. The lower edges'of the arms 36. are curved as seen at 3S, to fit Within a depression 39, fashioned in the upperv surface of the nib l1. "When the parts are disposed as seen in Figs. l and 2, the lower ends of the arms will rest in the seats proper relation. When, however, it is de; siredy to separate Athe nibs 10 and 11the. head .37 may be tilted, longitudinally ofthe screw 34, the flattened portion 35 of the screw passing out-,of the slot 40 in the head 37, the lower ends 'of the arms 36 being thus swungout of the'seats 39. By this operation, the nihs lOand 11 Will be set free, so

that they may be separated for cleaning, or.

for sharpening.

The operation ofthe devicel is as folreservoir 6 is placed Within the tubular body 11 and the shank- 8 of the ink-applying element is r`otated so that its threads 9 will engage the threads upon the interior ofthe ferrule 2. By this operation, the beveled portion 12 of the shank 8` Will be advanced intothe open of the ink-applying. ele# 39, holding the nibs 10 and 11 inl '-ont'o the nibs body l under'certain conditions which WillA l end of the. tubular 'body l, ultimately engagreservoirb will ,be hermetically held bef.

tween the shankv 8 and the side Wall of the body l of the pen. `l`lln `order to hold the shank' 8 Within the body'd' against movement, the threaded jiamlnut 14 may be rotated to bear against the end ofthe ferrule 2. The device as thus far described may be considered to be as showny in Fig. 2.

" Then it' is desired' to ill the pen,l the rounded head 3l ofthe rodslOm'ay be i'vithdrawn slightly from ,the cups'shaped mouth 33 of the feed tube4','nth'us opening the feed tube, it of the diameter of'therrod 30 is considerably less than the diameter of the bore of the feed tube.

Referring to Fig. 3,.'1't will be seen'thaty the feed tube 4 andthe rod 30 may then be flexed laterally, Tlie`free end of the feed tube 4 may then be inserted into an ink-Well, or other source of supply, the ends ofthe nibs lO andll being positioned to one side,

. and out of the' ink-supply. ,The button 23 may then be'seized,`causing the compression member 20 Ato move longitudinally, the lever 24 tilting from'the position shoivn in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 4. The compression 1 member 2O Iwill be thrust against the reservoir 6, compressing the same andy forcing" the air from it.' then the button 23 is released, the resiliency of the reservoir 6 will cause the compression` member 2Q to move into the position shoivn in being sucked through the feed tube 4 into the reservoir. The beveled portion 29 ofthe lever 24 of the body l 13o-ast, so that when the parts are in the positions shoivnin Fig. '2, the lever 24 will be .maintained in alineinent with the side wall of thefbody l, ooi'npletely closing the opening Q'in which the lever 241noves At this point ""itjmay profitably be stated that it is'not necessary to manipulate the button 23 in order ton ll the pen. If desired, the portion 28 of-` the lever`4 may be engaged by the nger nail;l of the operator, or otherwise,A and 'tilted' FigfZ, the ink from thetpositionjshown in Fi'g. 2 tol that shown in Fig. 4, the compression member 20 thus being operated, lWithout recourse tol the butto'n 23.

When the device is in use, the ink will be expelled from the feed tube 4 of thev pen 1Q and 1l, by pressing Athe curved portion 17 of the srsing plate 5 with the KAfingers, the end 19 of the spring plate ,thus lbeing thrust against the reservoir t,

compressing the same slightly, and expelling a portion of the contents thereof. 0bviously, by manipulating the spring plate',

the reservoir may be compressed to eXpel the air, and to suck the ink through feed 'upon its pivotal mounting, so that the extremities of the arms 36 no longer bear upon the nib 1l. This operation, it should be understood, takes' place without rotating the screw 34, in the slightest degree. Thus, the nibs may be spaced apart, cleaned, and brought into close relation again, the space between the free ends of the nibs 10 and ll remaining unaltered. Thus, a draftsman,

nding in themiddle of a line, that his.

inkis not flowing properly, may space the nibs 10 and 11 apart, .clean them,` and return them to their original positions, the line being continued without any variation in the Width thereof. The rounded head 31 upon the end of the rod 30 serves as a closure, partial or total, for the feed tube 4; and

` by sliding the rod 30 to and fro in the feed tube, the Hat head 22 may be made to scrape the bore of the feed tube, removing therefrom any sediment or hardened ink which may have accumulated.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is v 1. A fountain pen structure embodying` a handle having an opening in its side wall; a compressible reservoir inthe handle; and a member protruding through the opening and extended longitudinally of the handle, upon both sides of the opening, said member being bent where it passes through the opening, to permit the member to move in the opening, transversely of the handle, and

-to define 'a shoulder in said member, adapted to engage one wall of the opening, to limit the movement of said member longitudinally of the reservoir.

2. A fountain pen structure embodying a handle provided with an opening, an ink applying element mounted in the handle, a compressible reservoir within the handle, and a resilient member extended through the opening to bear upon the reservoir, onel end of the resilient member being adjustably connected with the link-applying element to permit the resilient member to move freely in the opening.

3. A fountain pen structure embodying a handle provided with Aan opening, an ink applying element mounted in the handle, a compressible reservoir located within the handle, anda resilient member extended through the opening to bear upon the reservoir, there being a yslot in the resilient member, and a securing element extended through said slot into engagement with the ink applying element, whereby the resilient member may beadj'usted longitudinally of the fountain pen structure, to permit. said resilient member to operate freely in the opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK E. HiLL,

R. W. WORTHAM. 

